Sol 5.6

  1. And a Bedouin woman roams in search of provisions,

    darting from one land into another.

  2. Come morning, she walks with a blunted saw,

    measuring with it the floor of every valley.

  3. In the air she spreads a mantle of fine shurb cloth,

    its borders stippled with drops of ink.

  4. Beneath it she wears a cloak of lādh silk,

    with saffron-hued cowries upon its shoulders.

Sol 5.6